Brick-pallet.



A. J. & F, BENTLEY.,

BRICK PALLET. APPLICATION FILED JL,H.29,1912.

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I( J2 BENTLEY, OF NEUES, AND FRANK BENTLEY, OF XVI-LEREN, ORIG.

ltlidilhlillhlll BRICK-PLLELU Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 29, 1912.' Serial No. 674,019.

it known that We, Anson J. BENTLEY and FRANK Buurten', citizens ot theVUnited States-ot Ltinerica, i.'esi\,l.iiu at Niles and `Warren,respectively, in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and usel'ul Improvements in B1'ick-Pallets, of which theiblloivinp` is a specification.

Our invention relates to iinptovements in brick-pallets ot the kindshown in our Letters Patent No. 833,665, @ctober 16th, 1906 and No.859,039, July 2nd, 1907; and the objects et our inifention, are, whileretaining the levelness of the pallets during transportation or thebricks to or troni rack driers and. also keepingv theni apart as theylie on cars, to pei-init ot' tree circulation of air between the brickson the pallets; iirst, to increase the strength of the pallets Withoutadditional Weight or material, second, to provide more convenienterasping edges for carrying the Jhird, to reduce the inanuta tnrinattain these objec's o trated in the sce whieln- Figure l is Fig'. 2 isa nioditucationu Similar letters zthroughont the s From a sheet omechanism illusg drawing, in

in perspective g and to similar and pallet l. il, fl the such a manner4. at wider than Jn the lines connect end metal :s

i l (not shown) tnx. of the iii-etal are t tace et pallet fi. ,dies o,formed which a convenuet to grasp and which seme te en'l'en ne palletlaterally za:

ical r mandrel ine extreme er s, 5, up lo the sun are thus then upi ythepallets. We

1 i l i l fication may be used With a thinner sheetv of metal becauseAof the stiffening eiect of rolled edges 7, 7; but bricks can beconveniently carried on only one side of it, obverse to the side shownin Fig. 2. lVhereas the pallet shown in Fig. l can be used equally Welleither side up. An advantage in having the edges ot' the pallet rolledis that the saine affords a convenient means for gripping the same withthe hands.

The advantages of our invention are apparent. v

It is obvious that if one substitutes for the more convenient round rodor mandrel one oit any other shape for 'turning over the edges of thepallet sheet, our invention will not be departed from.

lVe claim l. A pallet comprising a metallic sheethaving projecting endportions, and said end portions beingrolled transversely of the sheetand providing hand gripping devices, substantially as described.

9. .fl pallet comprising a metallic sheet having project-ing endportions, said end portions and the sides of the metallic sheet being'rolled and disposed to .one side ot the surface of the sheet,substantially as described. v

ln testimony whereof 'we atlix our signatures in presence ot twoWitnesses.

ANSON J. BENTLEY. FRANK BlilNTLEY. lili tn esses Geo. lV. Umor. ll. l?."BAKER,

Patented June JJ?, 33H5?,

